Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: New Mexico Tea Co.
Tea Description:
A full bodied tea that complements the coconut beautifully. A little milk helps bring out the coconut flavor.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
Yum! Do you like coconut? If you do, you’ve GOT to try this tea.
Seriously, this is one of the best coconut flavored black teas I think I’ve ever tasted. The flavor is so very true to the fruit.
The aroma of the dry leaf does smell a little … artificial. It has a sort of coconut candy kind of scent to it, it is sweet and coconut-y smelling … it doesn’t really smell chemical or anything, but the sweet notes give it a more confectionery fragrance. But, I am glad that the artificial notes end with the aroma … because the flavor is sensational.
The black tea base is – according to the label on the package – an Organic Korakundah estate black tea which means it’s a Nilgiri base. A good choice, in my opinion, because the result is a rich, robust, full-flavored tea that offers a very enjoyable, solid background of flavor … but without being too intrusive on the flavor of the coconut. Instead, the rich, somewhat malty notes of the Nilgiri enhance the coconut tones, making it taste thicker and creamier.
The coconut flavor here is strong and very coconut-y. As I said before – it is very true to the fruit. This tastes like TRUE coconut. Sweet and creamy and very yummy.. It is sweet, but it doesn’t taste “candy sweet.” Quite simply, it tastes like coconut.
This is one of the better coconut teas that I’ve tasted, and one that I’d recommend to those looking for the ideal coconut tea.
Mango Dream from Souvia
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Souvia
Product Description:
A smooth blend of Indian black teas with a taste of juicy, ripe mangos.
Ingredients: Black tea blend, mango pcs., marigold petals, flavoring
Taster’s Review:
I enjoy mango teas, but to be honest, I never really have given much thought to how much I like them until right now. I’ve tried quite a few, and have enjoyed many of them. I even created my own mango flavored tea when I was doing the tea flavoring thing, and it was certainly one of my more successful blends. But it wasn’t until I actually opened this pouch and began to scoop out the tea into the basket of my Breville One-Touch that I realized that there was a big smile on my face.
I don’t know if it was the intoxicating aroma of the tea (it really smells good!) or if it was because there were yummy chunks of dried mango tossed amongst the granular shaped tea leaves. But I was apparently quite pleased at the prospect of trying this tea. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m usually excited to try any tea, but, I don’t recall ever having been so happy to be brewing a mango flavored tea.
And one sip tells me that my joy was not unwarranted. This is truly a Mango Dream!
The black tea blend provides a strong base and has a very pleasing, bold flavor to it. It is remarkably smooth, and I think that this smoothness is further highlighted by the smooth, sweet flavor of the mango. It tastes bright and fruity. Sweet and luscious, just like the fruit itself.
At the time of writing this review, I was unable to locate this particular tea on the Souvia website. I am not sure if this is due to temporarily being sold out of this particular flavor or if they’ve discontinued it… but I hope it is not the latter, because this is a delicious tea, one that I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys fruit flavored teas. It is delicious hot, but even better iced!
Talk about a pleasant dream!